Thirty-five activists, journalists and lawyers in Jordan were found to have been targeted by the Israeli spyware Pegasus, an investigation by Access Now and Citizen Lab revealed on Thursday, 1 February. Pegasus is a spyware created by the Israeli company NSO Group, which grants users access to the entire contents of targets’ cell phones and allows them to monitor phone calls. The individuals targeted were members of Jordanian civil society engaged in defending civic and political freedoms, journalists covering stories about corruption and human rights activists. The number of those targeted by…